“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.
Psalm 16:3 - English Standard Version 2016 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But to the saints that are in the earth, And to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight. American Standard Version (1901) As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight. Common English Bible Now as for the “holy ones” in the land, the “magnificent ones” that I was so happy about; Catholic Public Domain Version You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me. |
“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.
I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.
I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!”
Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.
“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.